Events

Over 200 Nigerian journalists have written a letter to the acting president, Yemi Osinbajoto demand the release of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe.   Samuel Ogundipe has been in custody since August 14th and is being prosecuted for his refusal to disclose ...

  Two kids have been found dead in a pit which was half filled with water in Gure community, in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was learnt that the pit in which the children were found dead ...

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command, for the death of his 40-year-old married lover, Monsurat Idowu, after they had a marathon sex at his home on Wednesday, August 15th, 2018.   ...

The Abia state police command have arrested six suspected homosexuals who were caught kissing and caressing at the City Global Hotel in Aba, the state capital.   Parading the suspected homosexuals before newsmen, the state police commissioner, Anthony Ogbizi, said the hotel ...

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Aug. 21, and Wednesday, Aug. 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir.   The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued by Dr ...

A Prophetess Amarachi Chinedu, has been arrested by the Police Command in Abia has over her alleged involvement in the sale of a one-day-old baby boy in Aba.   The Commissioner of Police, Mr Anthony Ogbizi, revealed that the woman ...

Ariana Grande has revealed that she knew she’d marry Pete Davidson years before they started dating, so it has always been on cards from the first time they met. The singer sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Thursday’s The Tonight Show, where she ...

The rave of the moment, Duncan Mighty prostrates for Davido in a video he posted on his Instagram timeline and this has set the social media on fire.   Nigerians on twitter are currently talking about Duncan Mighty, 34 and they are ...

Blac Chyna flashed her cleavage and derriere in very racy ruffled gown as she heads out to club in LA, after slamming butt implant removal claims. She recently slammed claims she had her butt implants removed with an eye-popping ‘belfie’ on Instagram.   ...

A young American couple was killed by ISIS last month while on a cycling trip around the world to prove ‘humans are kind.’   Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan, who were both in their late 20s, last year quit their office jobs in Washington, ...

A sweating baby was rescued from a very hot car after her parents passed out after overdosing on heroin, leaving her untended in the car. The baby girl was rescued by a construction worker named Eric Asher and his fiancée. Eric Asher, 43, shared photos ...

Queen Elizabeth’s doctor Peter Fisher, has died in a road accident while cycling through London, police said Thursday. Peter Fisher, 67, collided with a truck on Wednesday, Scotland Yard said.   Buckingham Palace said the monarch had been informed. In a ...

The Nigeria Police Force today issued an official statement on the arrest and ongoing prosecution of Premium Times journalist Samuel Ogundipe.   According to Jimoh Moshood, the force PRO, Samuel Ogundipe is being investigated and prosecuted for theft.   ‘The Force is ...

  The Nigeria Police in Kano State has apprehended two men identified as Rabiu Suleman and Yahaya Abdulkadir for illegally manufacturing locally made Pistol, rifle guns and ammunition in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state. Gun manufacturers arrested ...

American President Donald Trump and two past Presidents of the United States Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, have paid tribute to Aretha Franklin. The late Aretha Franklin died on Thursday aged 76 after a prolonged battle with cancer.   US President ...

  A “happily” man has allowed his wife date another man and she spends time with both men. Of which they even plan to move in together later in the future. Sarra-Maria Karlstrom-Rantala was married to her husband Ville for ...

A woman has made shocking revelations that her husband introduced his concubine to her as his aunt.   The wife, Temilade Oyeyemi , 28, narrating her ordeal, said that her husband deceived her by presenting his concubine to her as his aunt. ...

Reality star, Kim Kardashian turned heads in Miami as she stepped out for dinner with her best friends Larsa Pippen and Jonathan Cheban wearing an eye-popping yellow mini dress.   The 37-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star and mother of three flaunted extreme cleavage in the tight ...

The Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Ikot Ekpene Judiciary Division, on Thursday, sentenced a father of seven, Friday Uko, to death by hanging for the murder of his pregnant wife.   According to journalist Harrison Essien, Uko, a ...

The Katsina State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has arrested a suspected Nigerienne drug trafficker. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, Mr. Ajisafe Josua Olusola, the comptroller of the command said the suspect, Mohammed Kabir was found  in possession of the 2 ...

Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, this morning revealed that President Buhari will return from his 10-day vacation to the UK this weekend.   Adesina said this during an interview on Arise TV when he ...

    As usual, indigenes of Osun in Nigeria willing to travel home during Eid-el-Adha festival will have free train ride from Lagos to Osogbo, the State capital.   The Commissioner for Industries, Commerce and Cooperatives, Mr Ismaila Jayeoba-Alagbada said ...

  The Osun State government has commenced the full payment of salaries to all categories of workers, months after economic meltdown forced it to embark on modulated salaries. The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress Osun State chapter, Mr Jacob Adekomi said ...

  The presence of services chiefs, the National Security Adviser and the Inspector-General of Police at the ongoing meeting of the National Economic Council at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa suggests that security may be top on the ...

  The Feed the Future, a US government global hunger and food security initiative, has earmarked 12.5 million Dollars for food security in Nigeria. The Head of International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI Nigeria office, Dr George Mavrotas said this ...